PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Culerovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dropkick Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Culerovich
vs
Murphy

180 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
151 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Culerovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dropkick Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Culerovich moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Culerovich moves out of range of the strikes.

Culerovich closes the distance and clinches.
Culerovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Culerovich throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Culerovich.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Culerovich connects with a knee to the head.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Murphy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Culerovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murphy's efforts to push away.
Culerovich looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culerovich lands a good knee to the midsection. Murphy won't want to take too many of those.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Culerovich has him pressed against the cage.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Culerovich is breathing heavily.
Culerovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Culerovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Culerovich looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dropkick Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws the left hand but Culerovich avoids the punch easily.
Culerovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Culerovich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Culerovich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Murphy 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Culerovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Culerovich defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Culerovich dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
Culerovich leaves Murphy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Culerovich moves away and avoids it.
Culerovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Culerovich ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws a body punch but Culerovich moves out of range.
Culerovich tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Culerovich's shoulder, as Culerovich tries to avoid the shot.
Culerovich tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy lands a with a good body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Culerovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Culerovich.

Culerovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Culerovich is leaning against Murphy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Culerovich lands an uppercut.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Culerovich.
Culerovich lands a damaging elbow.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Culerovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Murphy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Culerovich.
Culerovich with a knee to the head.
Murphy takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy is trying to force a seperation but Culerovich has the dominant position.
Culerovich lands a left hand.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Culerovich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murphy looks to land a body kick but Culerovich moved away.
Murphy tries to bum rush Culerovich with a series of wild strikes but Culerovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Culerovich checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murphy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Culerovich tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Culerovich on the side of the head.
Culerovich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Culerovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Murphy lands a really nice looking cross but Culerovich seems unphased.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Culerovich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is looking to break free of the clinch but Culerovich has double underhooks.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy can't break the clinch.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Culerovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Culerovich with a knee to the head.
Murphy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Culerovich gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Murphy takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Murphy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Culerovich.
Culerovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike from Culerovich.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy dodges an elbow strike from Culerovich.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Culerovich obliges.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Culerovich is working Murphy over against the cage.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Culerovich keeps control of Murphy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murphy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murphy tries to break free but Culerovich pushes him back against the cage.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Culerovich has Murphy pressed against the cage, preventing Murphy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Culerovich keeps him there for the moment.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is looking to break free of the clinch but Culerovich has double underhooks.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Culerovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Culerovich prevents the takedown attempt.
Ron Culerovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dropkick Murphy.
A short uppercut from Culerovich.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Culerovich is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Culerovich.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Culerovich is controlling him.
Culerovich prevents Murphy from breaking the clinch.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Culerovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy avoids the elbow strike from Culerovich, against the cage.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Culerovich gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphy.
Culerovich landing knees to the head.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Murphy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Culerovich lands with a right to the head.
Murphy avoids a wild elbow strike from Culerovich.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Culerovich.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murphy working hard to break the clinch.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Culerovich keeps him there for the moment.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy misses with a looping right.
Culerovich slips a straight right by Murphy.
Culerovich slaps away a takedown attempt from Murphy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Culerovich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Culerovich thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murphy throws a hook but Culerovich avoids it easily.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Culerovich tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws a hook but Culerovich avoids it easily.
Murphy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Culerovich is fending him off so far but Murphy persists. Nope, Culerovich circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culerovich wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Culerovich tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy swings for the body but Culerovich moves out of range.
Culerovich slips under a jab from Murphy.
Culerovich wants to clinch.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Culerovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Culerovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ron Culerovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dropkick Murphy.

Culerovich drives through and clinches with Murphy against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike from Culerovich.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Culerovich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murphy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Culerovich won't allow it.
Culerovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Culerovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Culerovich landing knees to the head.
Culerovich landing knees to the head.
Culerovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ron Culerovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy is trying to force a seperation but Culerovich has the dominant position.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Culerovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murphy's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Culerovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Culerovich is controlling him.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Culerovich prevents Murphy from breaking the clinch.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy has Culerovich pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Culerovich manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Culerovich has him pressed against the cage.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Culerovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
Culerovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Culerovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Murphy misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Culerovich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ron Culerovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Culerovich's head but Culerovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Culerovich moves into the clinch successfully.
Culerovich lands an elbow just above Murphy 's eye.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Culerovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dropkick Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Culerovich with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Culerovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Culerovich, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!

Ron Culerovich wins by unanimous decision!